by Bob Newell | May 2, 2014 | Opinion
For the first time since before we opened PORTA–the Albania House in Athens seven years ago, we planned a paint day and a work day. Because we want to leave the facilities in the best possible shape when we depart this field and relocate to Texas in September, and...
by Phil Jump | May 2, 2014 | Opinion
Romania’s entry into the European Union (EU) in January revealed immigration fears within the United Kingdom and evoked responses from British Baptists. Tony Peck, who for many years was a regional minister in Yorkshire in the U.K., now works as secretary of the...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 2, 2014 | Opinion
Who should Christian leaders look like: the Wizard of Oz or Dorothy of Kansas? Brian McLaren reflected on this question in his book, “Adventures in Missing the Point,” co-authored with Tony Campolo. “I remembered the scene … when Toto pulls...
by John D. Pierce | May 1, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Americans like the idea of having prayer at official public meetings — “as long as the public officials are not favoring some beliefs over others.” Such was the finding of a recent national survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. In fact,...
by Phil Jump | May 1, 2014 | Opinion
Had it not been for the underlying prejudices, the scene on New Year’s Day 2014 was almost comical. A young man found himself “mobbed” in the arrivals section of London’s Heathrow airport. With a mixture of indifference and bewilderment, he...
by Danny Chisholm | May 1, 2014 | Opinion
We could see this coming. With so much attention given to Donald Sterling’s remarks, he was bound to get a severe rebuke from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. And so Sterling received a lifetime ban and a hefty $2.5 million fine. Silver hopes that pressure from...
